Articles | Volume 16, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-3727-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-3727-2016
Research article
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21 Mar 2016
Research article |  | 21 Mar 2016

Simulating the formation of carbonaceous aerosol in a European Megacity (Paris) during the MEGAPOLI summer and winter campaigns

Christos Fountoukis, Athanasios G. Megaritis, Ksakousti Skyllakou, Panagiotis E. Charalampidis, Hugo A. C. Denier van der Gon, Monica Crippa, André S. H. Prévôt, Friederike Fachinger, Alfred Wiedensohler, Christodoulos Pilinis, and Spyros N. Pandis

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AR by Spyros Pandis on behalf of the Authors (13 Jan 2016)  Manuscript 
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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (04 Mar 2016) by Alexander Baklanov
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We use PMCAMx with high grid resolution over Paris to simulate carbonaceous aerosol during the summer and winter MEGAPOLI campaigns. PMCAMx reproduces BC observations well. Addition of cooking organic aerosol emissions of 80 mg per day per capita is needed to reproduce the corresponding observations. While the oxygenated organic aerosol predictions during the summer are encouraging a major wintertime source appears to be missing.
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